Entheogenic plant biologist Dennis McKenna and his adventures with his brother,psychedelic bard Terence McKenna
Monday, June 17, 2013 Listen Now Dr.Future Show Tuesday 6.18.13 Dennis McKenna
Dennis Mckenna visits us in the studio this week to share with us his research and insights into psychedelic plants, and a few tales from his amazing times with brother Terence McKenna, psychonaut, lecturer, and writer. Terence was noted for his knowledge, and the ability to articulate his knowledge, of the use of psychedelics, metaphysics, plant-based entheogens, and subjects ranging from shamanism, language, historical and civilizational timelines, the theoretical origins of human consciousness, and his concept of novelty theory.
Of the two brothers, Dennis is the scientist, having received his Master’s degree in botany at the University of Hawaii in 1979. He received his Doctorate in Botanical Sciences in 1984 from the University of British Columbia, where he wrote a dissertation entitled Monoamine oxidase inhibitors in Amazonian hallucinogenic plants: ethnobotanical, phytochemical, and pharmacological investigations.
His research has included the pharmacology, botany, and chemistry of ayahuasca and oo-koo-hé, the subjects of his master’s thesis. He has also conducted extensive fieldwork in the Peruvian, Colombian, and Brazilian Amazon.
He has recently finished a memoir entitled “The Brotherhood of the Screaming Abyss,” about his and his brother Terence’s journeys together.
Listen Now to a reading from his memoir of a major Auyahusca vision that he had experienced.
